CVE-2023-3460
criticalpriority · attend · 74EPSS 0.723 · 99 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-24
The Ultimate Member WordPress plugin before 2.6.7 does not prevent visitors from creating user accounts with arbitrary capabilities, effectively allowing attackers to create administrator accounts at will. This is actively being exploited in the wild.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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exploits (11)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- DiMarcoSK/CVE-2023-3460_POCGitHub repository for CVE-2023-3460 POCPoC · poc_in_github
- EmadYaY/CVE-2023-3460CVE-2023-3460PoC · poc_in_github
- GURJOTEXPERT/CVE-2023-3460GURJOTEXPERT/CVE-2023-3460PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (12)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://blog.wpscan.com/hacking-campaign-actively-exploiting-ultimate-member-plugin/cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-3460/cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2023060072cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2025080025cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3460cnnvd
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/Patchcnnvd
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/694235c7-4469-4ffd-a722-9225b19e98d7cnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52393cnnvd
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